decenter

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properly, fittingly, suitably

dĕcet, cuit, 2, v. impers. [Sanscr. dacas, fame; Gr. dokeô, to seem, think; Lat. decus, dignus]. It is seemly, comely, becoming,; it beseems, behooves, is fitting, suitable, proper (for syn. v. debeo init.):

decere quasi aptum esse consentaneumque tempori et personae,

Cic. Or. 22, 74; cf. also nunc quid aptum sit, hoc est, quid maxime deceat in oratione videamus, id. de Or. 3, 55, 210 (very freq. and class.; not in Caes.).—Constr., with nom. or inf. of the thing, and with acc.; less freq. with dat. of the pers.; sometimes absol.

With nom. rei

and acc. pers.: Ph. Quin me aspice et contempla, ut haec (sc. vestis) me decet. Sc. Virtute formae id evenit, te ut deceat, quicquid habeas, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 16 sq.; cf.:

quem decet muliebris ornatus, quem incessus psaltriae, Cic. Clod. fragm. 5, p. 105 ed. Beier: te toga picta decet,

Prop. 4, 4, 53 al.; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 30; Quint. 8, 5, 28;

and nec habitus triumphalis feminas deceat,

id. 11, 1, 3; cf.:

omnis Aristippum color decuit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 23:

intonsus crinis deum,

Tib. 1, 4, 38; cf.:

neglecta decet multas coma,

Ov. A. A. 3, 153; id. F. 2, 106 et saep.:

id maxime quemque decet, quod est cujusque maxime suum,

Cic. Off. 1, 31, 113:

quod omnes et semper et ubique decet,

Quint. 11, 1, 14:

non si quid Pholoen satis, Et te, Chlori, decet,

Hor. Od. 3, 15, 8 et saep.:

qui flexus deceat miserationem,

Quint. 1, 11, 12:

civitatem quis deceat status,

Hor. Od. 3, 29, 25 et saep.—In plur.:

quem tenues decuere togae nitidique capilli,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 32:

te non citharae decent,

id. Od. 3, 15, 14:

alba decent Cererem: vestes Cerealibus albas Sumite,

Ov. F. 4, 619; id. M. 1, 457 et saep.:

nec velle experiri, quam se aliena deceant,

Cic. Off. 1, 31, 113; Quint. 6, 1, 25:

illa quoque diversa bonum virum decent,

id. 11, 1, 42 et saep.:

duo verba uni apposita ne versum quidem decuerint,

id. 8, 6, 43.—

Without acc. pers.:

nihil est difficilius quam quid deceat videre,

Cic. Or. 21, 70; cf.:

quid deceat et quid aptum sit personis,

id. Off. 1, 34 fin.:

casus singularis magis decuit,

Quint. 8, 3, 20; id. 11, 3, 161 et saep.:

idem fere in omni genere causarum et proderit et decebit,

id. 11, 1, 14; cf. id. 9, 4, 21.—In plur.:

ubi lepos, joci, risus, vinum, ebrietas decent,

Plaut. Ps. prol. 20:

cum magna pars est exhausta orationis, pene omnia decent,

Quint. 11, 3, 147; 150; id. 11, 1, 48 et saep. —

With dat.:

istuc facinus nostro generi non decet,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 188: certa est ratio quae deceat philosopho, Apul. Flor. 3, p. 355, 13; Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 34; cf. infra. —

With inf.

and acc. pers.:

non te mihi irasci decet,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 24:

hanc maculam nos decet effugere,

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 31:

oratorem irasci minime decet,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 25; Quint. 12, 6, 3; Ov. M. 3, 265; so freq. with inf. pass.:

specimen naturae capi debet ex optima quaque natura,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32:

mortalin' decuit violari vulnere divum?

Verg. A. 12, 797; Ter. And. prol. 16. —

Without acc.:

injusta ab justis impetrare non decet,

Plaut. Am. prol. 35:

exemplis grandioribus decuit uti,

Cic. Div. 1, 20; Ov. M. 8, 27:

nunc decet caput impedire myrto: nunc et in umbrosis Fauno decet immolare lucis,

Hor. Od. 1, 4, 9 sq.; id. Ep. 1, 17, 2; Pers. 3, 27.—

With dat.:

decet tantae majestati eas servare leges, quibus, etc.,

Dig. 32, 1, 23:

ita uti liberali esse ingenio decet,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 89:

prima certe pensari decet populo utrum, etc.,

Liv. 34, 58, 8.

with acc. pers.:

ita ut vos decet,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 40; cf.:

facis, ut te decet,

Ter. Andr. 2, 5, 10; id. Heaut. 5, 5, 10:

ita uti fortes decet milites,

id. Eun. 4, 7, 44; cf.: id. Andr. 2, 6, 14:

illum decet,

Quint. 9, 4, 15 et saep.—

Without case:

eia haud sic decet,

Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 35; cf. id. Hec. 2, 2, 10:

fecisti ut decuerat,

id. ib. 4, 4, 66:

minus severe quam decuit,

Cic. Phil. 6, 1:

velata parte oris, quia sic decebat,

it was becoming, Tac. A. 13, 45:

nihil aliter ac deceat,

id. Att. 6, 3, 8: perge;

decet,

Verg. A. 12, 153 et saep.—

With dat.:

ita nobis decet,

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 5; id. Heaut. 5, 2, 12:

locum editiorem quam victoribus decebat,

Sall. H. 1, 98 (Serv. Verg. A. 8, 127.)— Hence, dĕcens, entis, P. a. (freq. in Hor., Ov., and post-Aug. prose, esp. Quint.; not in Verg.; in Cic. once adverbially, and cf. decentia), seemly, becoming, decent, proper, fit:

amictus,

Ov. Pont. 2, 5, 52; cf.:

decentior amictus,

Quint. 11, 3, 156;

and sinus (togae) decentissimus,

id. 11, 3, 140:

ornatus,

id. 2, 15, 21:

motus,

Hor. Od. 4, 13, 17; Quint. 1, 10, 26; cf.:

corporis decens et accommodatus orationi motus,

id. 11, 3, 29;

and allevatio atque contractio humerorum,

id. 11, 3, 83:

decentissimum sponsalium genus,

Sen. Ben. 1, 9 et saep.:

quid verum atque decens,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 11:

decentius erit servare pudorem,

Quint. 11, 1, 78; cf. 8, 6, 6.—

Esp. of corporeal fitness and symmetry, regularly, symmetrically, handsomely shaped; well-formed; noble:

forma,

Ov. Am. 3, 1, 9; cf.:

habitus decentior quam sublimior,

Tac. Agr. 44:

facies,

Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 33:

malae,

Hor. Od. 3, 27, 53:

Venus,

id. ib. 1, 18, 6; cf.:

Cynthia,

Prop. 4, 8, 52 (5, 8, 52 M.):

Gratiae,

Hor. Od. 1, 4, 6:

(Paullus) et nobilis et decens,

id. ib. 4, 1, 13: pulcher et decens toto corpore, Suct. Dom. 18; cf. Juv. 6, 161:

sumptis decentior armis Minerva,

Ov. H. 5, 35; Quint. 8, 3, 10 et saep.— Adv.: decenter (acc. to no. 1), becomingly, decently, properly, fitly:

fictis nominibus decenter uti,

Plin. Ep. 6, 21, 5; cf.:

fieri,

Quint. 11, 1, 79:

singula quaeque locum teneant sortita decenter,

Hor. A. P. 92; cf.:

maesta,

Ov. Am. 2, 5, 44.— Comp.: Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 216; Quint. 9, 1, 21 al.— Sup., a false reading for diligentissime, Cic. Caes. 26, 74.

mundus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. mund, purificari], clean, cleanly, nice, neat, elegant.

Lit. (class.;

syn.: lautus, nitidus, purus): supellex,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 7:

caena,

id. C. 3, 29, 14:

ager,

Gell. 19, 12, 8:

mundissimum cubile desiderat (animal),

Col. 7, 9, 14:

jam intus mundissimumst,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 7.— Poet., with abl., = ornatus: Ostia munita est: idem loca navibus pulchris Munda facit, adorned, Enn. ap. Tert. p. 258 Müll. (Ann. v. 146 Vahl.).—

Transf.

Of mode of living, neat, fine, elegant, smart, genteel:

cultus justo mundior,

too elegant dress, Liv. 8, 15.— As subst.: mundus, i, m. (sc. homo), an elegant or nice person, Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 23.—

Of quality, not coarse, fine (post-class.):

annonae, of wheat,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 42, 3:

panis,

id. ib. 37, 3.—

Trop.

Of speech, neat, fine, elegant ( poet. and in postclass. prose):

verba, Ov A. A. 3, 479: versus, quibus mundius nihil reperiri puto,

Gell. 19, 9, 10:

in Gallos mundius subtiliusque est, quam cum Gallis aut contra Gallos,

id. 17, 2 med. —

Subst.: mun-dum, i. n., only in the phrase: in mundo (esse or habere), in readiness (ante-class.): tibi vita seu mors in mundo est, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 181 P. (Ann. v. 457 Vahl.:

in mundo pro palam et in expedito ac cito, Charis.): nempe habeo in mundo,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 46:

mihi in mundo sunt virgae,

id. As. 2, 1, 16; 2, 2, 50:

nescio quid vero habeo in mundo,

id. Stich. 3, 2, 23; id. Ps. 1, 5, 85 Ritschl.—

In eccl. Lat., morally pure, upright, free from sin:

cor mundum crea in me, Deus,

Vulg. Psa. 50, 12:

beati mundo corde,

id. Matt. 5, 8.—Hence, adv., in two forms (both, for the most part, anteand post-class.).—

mundē, cleanly, neatly, prettily:

(copia) in suo quaeque loco sita munde,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 5: verrite aedes, spargite munde, Titin. ap. Charis. p. 183 P.:

parum munde et parum decenter,

Sen. Ep. 70, 20:

munde facti versus,

Gell. 10, 17, 2:

quam mundissime purissimeque fiat,

Cato, R. R. 66, 1.—

mun-dĭter, cleanly, neatly.

Lit.:

cum sedulo munditer nos habeamus,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 26.—

Trop., decently, with propriety:

dicere,

App. Mag. p. 296, 14.

mundus, i, m. ( neutr. collat. form, mundum: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, all her toilet, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3, and ap. Non. 214, 17) [1. mundus], toilet ornaments, decorations, dress (of a woman).

Lit.:

mundus muliebris est, quo mulier mundior fit: continentur eo specula, matulae, unguenta, vasa unguentaria, et si qua similia dici possunt, veluti lavatio, riscus... Unguenta, quibus valetudinis causā unguimur, mundo non continentur,

Dig. 34, 2, 25:

munditiae et ornatus et cultus, haec feminarum insignia sunt: hunc mundum muliebrem appellārunt majores nostri,

Liv. 34, 7, 9: virginalis, Att. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 142 Müll.:

quamvis auro, veste, gemmis, omnique cetero mundo exornata mulier incedat,

App. M. 2, p. 118. —

Transf.

In gen., an implement (ante- and post-class.):

operae messoriae mundus,

implements for the harvest work, App. M. 6 init.:

Cereris,

the mystical casket of Ceres, id. Mag. p. 282 (the expression in mundo esse and habere belongs to the adj. mundus, v. mundus, II. B.).—

Like the Gr. kosmos, the universe, the world, esp. the heavens and the heavenly bodies: ut hunc hac varietate distinctum bene Graeci kosmon, nos lucentem mundum nominaremus, the heavens, Cic. Univ. 10: nam quem kosmos Graeci, nomine ornamenti appellaverunt. eum nos a perfectā absolutāque elegantiā, mundum, Plin. 2, 4, 3, § 8: concussit micantia sidera mundus, heaven shook, Cat. 64, 206:

aetherius,

Tib. 3, 4, 17:

arduus,

Verg. G. 1, 240:

aestuat infelix angusto limite mundi,

Juv. 10, 169. Also: mundus caeli, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Sat. v. 10, p. 156 Vahl.):

o clarissima mundi Lumina,

Verg. G. 1, 5 sq.:

immensi copia mundi,

Ov. M. 2, 157:

ipse mundus deorum hominumque causā factus est...Est enim mundus quasi communis deorum atque hominum domus, aut urbs utrorumque,

the world, Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 154:

innumerabiles,

id. Ac. 2, 17, 55:

e tabulā pictos ediscere mundos,

parts of the world, Prop. 5, 3, 37.—

Transf.

The world, i. e. the earth, the inhabitants of the earth, mankind ( poet.):

quicumque mundo terminus obstitit,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 53:

spes miseri mundi,

Luc. 5, 469; Stat. S. 3, 3, 87:

fastos evolvere mundi,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 112:

mundum laedere,

mankind, Claud. Ruf. 1, 87:

nullā in parte mundi cessat ebrietas,

Plin. 14, 22, 29, § 149; 30, 1, 2, § 8; Flor. 2, 12, 1; Just. 30, 4, 9:

(Alexander) scrutatur maria ignota, et, ut ita dicam, mundi claustra perrumpit,

Sen. Ep. 119, 7:

mundi principio,

Juv. 15, 147.—

The heavens, i. e. the sky, the weather (post-class.):

tepida indulget terris clementia mundi,

Grat. Fal. 288:

ad Eoos tractūs mundique teporem,

Luc. 8, 365.—

The sun (perh. only in Manilius):

quā mundus redit,

Manil. Astron. 1, 36; id. ib. 3, 591.—

Euphemistically for the Lower World, the infernal regions. The opening into this mundus was at Rome, in the Comitium, and was kept covered with a stone (lapis manalis); three times in the year, on the 24th of August, the 5th of October, and the 8th of November, days sacred to the gods of the infernal regions, this round pit was opened, and all sorts of fruits were thrown into it as offerings, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16, 18; Paul. ex Fest. s. v mundus, p. 154 Müll., and s. v. manalem lapidem, p. 128 ib.—

Esp. (eccl. Lat.), the world as opposed to the church; this world, the realm of sin and death, as opposed to Christ's kingdom of holiness and life:

non pro mundo rogo,

Vulg. Johan. 17, 9:

de mundo non sunt,

id. ib. 17, 16:

princeps hujus mundi (i. e. Satan),

id. ib. 12, 31;

14, 30: regnum meum non est de hoc mundo,

id. ib. 18, 36; cf. id. Eph. 2, 2; 6, 12.

nāris, is, f. [for nasis, from root na-; Sanscr. nārā, water; nāsā, nose; kindred to nasus; cf.: no, nāre], a nostril, usually in plur., nāres, ĭum, f., the nostrils, the nose.

Lit.

In sing. ( poet. and in postclass. prose):

et lati rictūs et panda loquenti Naris erat,

Ov. M. 3, 675; 6, 141; 12, 253; id. A. A. 1, 520; Pers. 1, 33; Grat. Cyn. 172; Macer. ap. Charis. p. 82 P.; App. M. 8, p. 213; Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 13.—

In plur.:

nares, eo, quod omnis odor ad supera fertur, recte sursum sunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 141:

nares contractiores habent introitus,

id. ib. 2, 57, 145:

fasciculum ad nares admovere,

id. Tusc. 3, 18, 43:

mediis in naribus ingens gibbus,

Juv. 6, 108:

patulis captavit naribus auras,

Verg. G. 1, 376.—

The nose, as an organ expressive of sagacity, and also of scorn and anger:

naribus ducere tura,

to smell, Hor. C. 4, 1, 21: naribus labrisque non fere quicquam decenter ostendimus, tametsi derisus iis, contemptus, fastidium significari solet, nam et corrugare nares, ut Horatius ait... indecorum est, etc., to turn up the nose, to sneer, Quint. 11, 3, 80:

ne sordida mappa Corruget nares,

cause you to turn up your nose, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 22:

omnis copia narium,

sweet-smelling flowers, id. C. 2, 15, 6:

de nare loqui,

to speak through the nose, Pers. 1, 33: Aesopus naris emunctae senex, of a clean nose, i. e. of sharp perception, of fine powers of observation, Phaedr. 3, 3, 14; so,

(Lucilius) emunctae naris,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 8:

acutae nares,

id. ib. 1, 3, 30;

and on the contrary: homo naris obesae,

of a dull nose, id. Epod. 12, 3: naribus uti, to turn up the nose, i. e. to banter, ridicule, id. Ep. 1, 19, 45; cf.:

rides et nimis uncis naribus indulges,

Pers. 1, 41.—Of anger: Calpurni saevam legem Pisoni' reprendi, Eduxique animam in prioribu' naribus, Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 32 (Sat. 20, 4):

in naribus primoribus vix pertuli,

Afran. ib. 33 (Com. Rel. v. 384 Rib.).—

Transf., an opening, orifice, vent, air-hole, of a canal, etc.:

inter duos parietes canalis ducatur, habens nares ad locum patentem,

Vitr. 7, 4; 7, 10; Vop. Prob. 21; Pall. 9, 9.

undo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [unda].

Neutr., to rise in waves or surges, to throw up waves, to surge, swell ( poet. and in postAug. prose).

Lit.: undantem salum, Enn. ap. Non. 223, 24 (Trag. v. 226 Vahl.); cf.: undanti in freto, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89:

solet aestus aequinoctialis... undare,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 28, 6:

ad caelum undabat vortex,

Verg. A. 12, 673:

aëna undantia flammis,

id. ib. 6, 218.—

Transf.

To overflow with, be full of, abound in any thing, = abundare:

regio Undat equis floretque viris,

Val. Fl. 1, 539:

vultus sanguine,

Stat. Th. 1, 449:

silva favis,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 25:

ima (aedium) viris,

id. VI. Cons. Hon. 545.—

To wave, undulate:

vidimus undantem ruptis fornacibus Aetnam,

Verg. G. 1, 472:

undantes flammae,

Sil. 9, 446:

undante fumo,

Sen. Troad. 19:

undans buxo Cytorus,

Verg. G. 2, 437:

undans chlamys,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 55:

undantes habenae,

waving, flowing, hanging loosely, Verg. A. 12, 471; so,

undantia lora,

id. ib. 5, 146:

ipsa (puella) decenter undabat,

undulated, App. M. 2, p. 117, 38.—

Trop., to waver, fluctuate, be agitated:

undans curis,

Val. Fl. 5, 304:

undantes spumis furialibus irae,

Claud. in Ruf. 1, 76.—

Act. (very rare), to overflow, inundate, deluge:

sanguine campos,

Stat. Achill. 1, 87:

sinus cruore,

Claud. in Ruf. 2, 67.— P. a.: undātus, a, um, in a wavy or wave-like form:

concharum genera imbricatim undata, cancellatim reticulata,

Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103.—Hence, undan-ter, adv., in a waving manner, like waves:

capillus undanter fluens,

App. M. 2, p. 122, 7 (al. fluenter undans):

evomere talia,

Mart. Cap. 2, § 138.

undo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [unda].

Neutr., to rise in waves or surges, to throw up waves, to surge, swell ( poet. and in postAug. prose).

Lit.: undantem salum, Enn. ap. Non. 223, 24 (Trag. v. 226 Vahl.); cf.: undanti in freto, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89:

solet aestus aequinoctialis... undare,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 28, 6:

ad caelum undabat vortex,

Verg. A. 12, 673:

aëna undantia flammis,

id. ib. 6, 218.—

Transf.

To overflow with, be full of, abound in any thing, = abundare:

regio Undat equis floretque viris,

Val. Fl. 1, 539:

vultus sanguine,

Stat. Th. 1, 449:

silva favis,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 25:

ima (aedium) viris,

id. VI. Cons. Hon. 545.—

To wave, undulate:

vidimus undantem ruptis fornacibus Aetnam,

Verg. G. 1, 472:

undantes flammae,

Sil. 9, 446:

undante fumo,

Sen. Troad. 19:

undans buxo Cytorus,

Verg. G. 2, 437:

undans chlamys,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 55:

undantes habenae,

waving, flowing, hanging loosely, Verg. A. 12, 471; so,

undantia lora,

id. ib. 5, 146:

ipsa (puella) decenter undabat,

undulated, App. M. 2, p. 117, 38.—

Trop., to waver, fluctuate, be agitated:

undans curis,

Val. Fl. 5, 304:

undantes spumis furialibus irae,

Claud. in Ruf. 1, 76.—

Act. (very rare), to overflow, inundate, deluge:

sanguine campos,

Stat. Achill. 1, 87:

sinus cruore,

Claud. in Ruf. 2, 67.— P. a.: undātus, a, um, in a wavy or wave-like form:

concharum genera imbricatim undata, cancellatim reticulata,

Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103.—Hence, undan-ter, adv., in a waving manner, like waves:

capillus undanter fluens,

App. M. 2, p. 122, 7 (al. fluenter undans):

evomere talia,

Mart. Cap. 2, § 138.